Table 3.

Home Health Use by SES Characteristics (n=4,613)

Enrollee Characteristic	Any Home Health Visits	Any DME Use
Income
Living below the poverty threshold	15.5%**	12.9%
Not living below the poverty threshold	11.2%	12.3%
Assets
Lowest tertile of nonhousing assets	15.9%***	14.5%***
Mid-tertile of nonhousing assets	12.0%	13.3%
Top tertile of nonhousing assets	7.2%	9.3%
Does not own a home	15.4%***	14.6%***
Owns a home	9.4%	11.1%
Education
No high school degree or G.E.D.	13.7%***	12.5%
High school degree or G.E.D.	10.4%	12.3%
Medicaid Eligibility
Dual Medicare/Medicaid	16.5%***	19.8%***
Medicare only	11.5%	12.0%

All percentages are weighted.

^*p<.10;

^**p<.05;

^***p<.01.